Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Standard (in Vivo) Exposure Therapy in the Treatment of Fear of Flying

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-90

  Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov ^a   Anderson, Page ^b   Zimand, Elana ^c   Hodges, Larry ^d   Lang, Delia ^e   Wilson, Jeff ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virtually Better Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVIOPHOBIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AVIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746521258     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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